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Originally Posted by jimbuna
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Originally Posted by Col. Caldwell
:hmm: Interesting. So, if I were to get a torpedo hit to a passenger liner in the bow would it be enough to sink it? I'm guessing it won't be a one shot, one kill, but maybe punching enough holes in the bow will eventually make it sink under it's own momentum.
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Possibly, but with no more certainty than hitting her amidships or astern (my preferred method).
At the very least you should bring her to an eventual halt. |
Jim has FAR more ingame experience then me, but I would disagree with him based on my limited experience (so take that for what it's worth). From a real-world, physics point of view, a bow hit should also be more lethal than a mid- or stern hit. Again, you're inducing a negative angle to the boat that combined with forward momentum, encourages more water to be taken on by driving the bow underwater. Hitting admiships doesn't change the angle of the boat in the water, so you don't get the benefit. Bowshots should, in theory, be especially effective in heavy seas where the negative angle is an even greater impediment.
In real life, with real physics, this should be true. In GWX too, considering the reduced chances of sinking a ship through outright damage/explosions in GWX. But again, jimbuna's got a lot more time under his belt than me, so maybe try it out and see for yourself. Personally, I've sunk a dozen large/medium merchants with a single bowshot (the other two dozen were sinking, but I helped with some deck fire
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